Tu Quoque

motherjones:

This Wall Street Journal infographic claims Americans only work 4.5 hours a day. How is that possible, especially considering THIS?

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8 months ago

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4. vinylsticker reblogged this from motherjones and added:

   this looks shopped

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6. sickwithjustice reblogged this from motherjones and added:

   because everyone’s unemployed

7. reflctr reblogged this from motherjones and added:

   More right wing propaganda to continue to degrade workers and their rights. Watch for it to show up on Fox News soon....

8. vvf said: The Wall Street Journal has forever earned my side-eye.
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10. kataaron said: I think it’s because its average of all workers surveyed, so the people who are unemployed are offsetting the people who are working approximately 29 hours a day. Or was that a rhetorical question?
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16. tblackstudio said: source: Wall Street Journal. File Under: who gives a fuck what the WSJ has to say about anything/Fox/make shit up.
17. hummeline said: well to begin with… who sleeps for 8 hours a night? (I love your article btw about the speedup!)
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21. shipwrecktrain reblogged this from motherjones and added:

    I guess they averaged over all possible demographics, including the employed and unemployed, to make

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26. firthofforth reblogged this from motherjones and added:

    Different workers, different norms. Shift workers have to do the full deal, while execs have time for special things...

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    you are lyyyyying.

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32. sorrytelevision said: It’s the average for Americans 15 and up, so includes teenagers/part-time workers, etc.
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38. rorycberger said: This is how: money.cnn.com/2011/06…
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40. shorterexcerpts said: Maybe their sample is accounting for kids, the unemployed, and elderly too?
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42. global-culture reblogged this from motherjones and added:

    must be completely inaccurate: facebook, twitter and tumblr are not even represented.

43. tabithalaine said: I call BS. I can see it not being as high as the avg workday if you factor in off days, but that is just way too low.
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